Student Reporter

How student reporters can responsibly cover city council, local business, and community stories that affect students but happen off campus.

Building a Diverse Source List So the Same Five People Aren’t Quoted Every Issue

Why student papers default to the same handful of easy sources, and a practical system for building a wider, more representative source list.

A calm, step-by-step approach for student newsrooms that receive a legal threat, demand letter, or cease-and-desist over a published story.

What actually makes a published statement legally risky, which defenses protect accurate reporting, and where student newsrooms get exposed.

Why student outlets lose their own back catalog, and a practical system for archiving print issues and web stories that survives staff turnover.

A framework for deciding what AI tools your student publication will allow, disclose, or prohibit, before a dispute forces the decision.

What a student press credential actually gets you access to, how to request one, and where it doesn’t override normal event rules.

What an embargo actually is, when student newsrooms encounter them, and how to evaluate whether a source’s embargo request is reasonable.

Where the line sits between acceptable light editing of a spoken quote and altering meaning, with examples student reporters actually run into.

How student newsrooms should decide bylines, shared credit, and contributor lines for stories with more than one person’s work in them.